Light from a Distant Star - Hardcover

Morris, Mary McGarry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0307451860 ISBN 13: 9780307451866

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2011

Synopsis

Caring for her shy younger brother while her mother returns to work in the wake of her father's failing business and her sister's search for her birth father, 13-year-old Nellie encounters three strangers including a junkyard worker, a New York City thief and a young stripper before witnessing a shocking act of violence. By the National Book Award-nominated author of Vanished.

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Review

"Mary McGarry Morris doesn't so much tell a story as spin a delicate and powerful web. With her elegant prose, beautifully drawn characters, and perfect pitch dialog, she lured me in. And with her intense and gripping plot, she had me ensnared. I was in love with the sensitive, smart and plucky Nellie from the very first moment I met her and I'll be thinking of her for a good long time. LIGHT FROM A DISTANT STAR is a wonderful, powerful novel not to be missed."--Lisa Unger, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Fragile"

"A timeless and timely look at small town life....Morris' page-turner, (which evokes "To Kill a Mockingbird") will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles."--"Publishers Weekly"

"Mary McGarry Morris doesn't so much tell a story as spin a delicate and powerful web. With her elegant prose, beautifully drawn characters, and perfect pitch dialog, she lured me in. And with her intense and gripping plot, she had me ensnared. I was in love with the sensitive, smart and plucky Nellie from the very first moment I met her and I'll be thinking of her for a good long time. "Light From a Distant Star" is a wonderful, powerful novel not to be missed."--Lisa Unger, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Fragile"
"From the Hardcover edition."

"""A timeless and timely look at small town life....Morris' page-turner, (which evokes "To Kill a Mockingbird") will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles."--"The Washington Post"
"Morris' finely crafted prose--simple and lyrical--captures perfectly that sliver of pre-adolescence when the very world around us seems to shudder and shift, when the adults we admire suddenly reveal their flaws, and everything we treasure seems to be slipping away."--"Associated Press"
"A timeless and timely look at small town life....Morris' page-turner, (which evokes "To Kill a Mockingbird") will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Mary McGarry Morris doesn't so much tell a story as spin a delicate and powerful web. With her elegant prose, beautifully drawn characters, and perfect pitch dialog, she lured me in. And with her intense and gripping plot, she had me ensnared. I was in love with the sensitive, smart and plucky Nellie from the very first moment I met her and I'll be thinking of her for a good long time. "Light From a Distant Star" is a wonderful, powerful novel not to be missed."--Lisa Unger, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Fragile
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"Literary accolades, film adaptations, praise from Oprah--Andover's Mary McGarry Morris has earned them all for her suspenseful novels focused on small-town life."--"Boston Magazine"
"It's impossible to set aside "Light From a Distant Star" once you begin...a riveting read."--"Washington Missourian "

"From the Hardcover edition."

A timeless and timely look at small town life .Morris' page-turner, (which evokes To Kill a Mockingbird) will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles. --The Washington Post

"Morris' finely crafted prose simple and lyrical captures perfectly that sliver of pre-adolescence when the very world around us seems to shudder and shift, when the adults we admire suddenly reveal their flaws, and everything we treasure seems to be slipping away."--Associated Press

A timeless and timely look at small town life .Morris' page-turner, (which evokes To Kill a Mockingbird) will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles. --Publishers Weekly
Mary McGarry Morris doesn't so much tell a story as spin a delicate and powerful web. With her elegant prose, beautifully drawn characters, and perfect pitch dialog, she lured me in. And with her intense and gripping plot, she had me ensnared. I was in love with the sensitive, smart and plucky Nellie from the very first moment I met her and I'll be thinking of her for a good long time.Light From a Distant Staris a wonderful, powerful novel not to be missed. --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Fragile

"Literary accolades, film adaptations, praise from Oprah Andover s Mary McGarry Morris has earned them all for her suspenseful novels focused on small-town life."--Boston Magazine
"It s impossible to set aside Light From a Distant Star once you begin...a riveting read."--Washington Missourian

From the Hardcover edition."

"A timeless and timely look at small town life....Morris' page-turner, (which evokes To Kill a Mockingbird) will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles."--The Washington Post

"Morris' finely crafted prose--simple and lyrical--captures perfectly that sliver of pre-adolescence when the very world around us seems to shudder and shift, when the adults we admire suddenly reveal their flaws, and everything we treasure seems to be slipping away."--Associated Press

"A timeless and timely look at small town life....Morris' page-turner, (which evokes To Kill a Mockingbird) will satisfy her fans and send new readers searching for her earlier titles."--Publishers Weekly

"Mary McGarry Morris doesn't so much tell a story as spin a delicate and powerful web. With her elegant prose, beautifully drawn characters, and perfect pitch dialog, she lured me in. And with her intense and gripping plot, she had me ensnared. I was in love with the sensitive, smart and plucky Nellie from the very first moment I met her and I'll be thinking of her for a good long time. Light From a Distant Star is a wonderful, powerful novel not to be missed."--Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Fragile

"Literary accolades, film adaptations, praise from Oprah--Andover's Mary McGarry Morris has earned them all for her suspenseful novels focused on small-town life."--Boston Magazine

"It's impossible to set aside "Light From a Distant Star" once you begin...a riveting read."--Washington Missourian

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

MARY MCGARRY MORRIS was a National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award finalist for her first novel Vanished, published in 1988. A Dangerous Woman, published in 1991, was chosen by Time magazine as one of the "Five Best Novels of the Year" and was made into a major motion picture. Her next novel Songs In Ordinary Time was a CBS television movie as well as an Oprah Book Club selection in 1997, propelling it to the top of the New York Times bestseller list as well as making it an international bestseller.
Since then she has written four highly acclaimed novels, the most recent of which was The Last Secret, published by Crown in 2009. She lives in Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0307451860
• ISBN 13: 9780307451866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326